U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Gaza Strip, Syria, Lebanon and the Red Sea, the site of attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels.

Isolated by the war on Ukraine, Russia has sent its cadre of state-owned defense companies for a big footprint at the IDEX defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

Russia's Mirra Andreeva holds the winner's trophy after the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship final match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Wednesday with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had discussed bringing back Ukrainians from Russian captivity with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at a meeting in Dubai on Monday, the state news agency WAM reported.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to the United Arab Emirates as momentum grows for potential peace talks ending Russia's war. U.S. President Donald Trump last week suggested he would b

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the leader of the United Arab Emirates on Monday as momentum grows for potential peace talks ending Russia’s war on the country.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Wednesday with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Wednesday with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up an overseas trip that saw the highest-level outreach between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

In the United Arab Emirates on Monday, Zelenskyy said he's in the region for official visits focused on humanitarian and economic issues. He said Ukraine did not know about the Russia-U.S. meeting.

Rubio's talk with the ruler of Abu Dhabi comes as the U.S. also tries to continue a shaky ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The United Aram Emirates has long been floated as a site for peace talks given the Russian and Ukrainian expatriates who have flooded the country since the war began, and due to the Emirates' work on prisoner exchanges.